Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Greg Zbitnew at k_zbitn...@bell.net or sighti...@ofnc.ca
June 16, 2016 There were no highlights this week. Ottawa is definitely into the birding summer doldrums, without even the benefit of summer weather for half the week. Cool and blustery weather through Monday made observation difficult and provided little incentive to get out. Although the weather turned normal after Monday, essentially only the breeding birds are around, and this will likely be the same birding story for the next month. A few late birds, harder to find birds or birds outside of the main breeding areas are the only notable sightings of the week: 1. A late BUFFLEHEAD was at the Bill Mason Centre on the 12th. 2. A late SEMIPALMATED PLOVER was at the Shirley’s Bay boat launch on the 13-14th and a late SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was at Quyon on the 14th. 3. There have been a number of sightings of the rather elusive LEAST BITTERN this week- 2 at Plaisance on the 10th, 1 at Baie McLaurin on the 14th, and 1 west of Petrie Island on the 15th. 4. A BONAPARTE’S GULL was at Britannia on the 13th. 5. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was at Stoney Swamp on the 13th. 6. Late TENNESSEE WARBLERS were at Plaisance on the 10th and at Meech Lake on the 14th. 7. 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were in the Eardley Masham area on the 15th. 8. An EASTERN TOWHEE was on Greenbelt trail 10 on the 14th. 9. A VESPER SPARROW was on Murphy’s Sideroad on the 14th. The OFNC's Birds Committee no longer reports owl sightings on the Internet. We will continue to encourage the reporting of owls to sighti...@ofnc.ca for the purpose of maintaining local records. Thanks to everyone who contributed bird observations. We encourage everyone to report their bird sightings on ebird for the benefit of the entire birding community. Good birding. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
